I’m over 28
weeks along and in the final trimester.
In some ways that makes it seem like it’s gone by quickly, but I still
have over 2.5 months until my due date, and then it just feels like a long ways
to go yet. The holiday season makes the
next few weeks kind of rush by though and then I’ll be in my final 2 months of
countdown until the REAL craziness of life with a newborn and a 2-year-old
begins!
So how are
things going? Baby wise – everything is
good under the hood. Our ultrasound at
21 weeks looked good (and no, we didn’t find out the gender). So while we’ve had our boy name picked since
the first pregnancy, we have yet to settle on the girl name. Baya is back to sleeping through the night,
and good thing because I’ve been one tired momma! Apparently some of that 1st
trimester fatigue can return for the final trimester – I just don’t remember it
like this the last time. I’ve also been
having a lot of crazy dreams, some about the baby, but mostly not, and I guess
this is also common. The heartburn/acid
reflux is still annoying present, but a friend gave me peppermint beadlets that
work like a charm and have me able to sleep normal at night again (I HIGHLY
recommend them!). I feel absolutely
enormous (though others may disagree) and it’s starting to affect my ability to
bend over like normal.
I’m still
running 5-6 days per week, just 2-3 miles typically, though 3.5-4 is still okay
for a “long” run. Being slow and stuck
inside makes it not very fun, but we recently had a warm-up that was enough to
clear the roads in our neighborhood, so I pushed Baya for about 3 miles outside
on Monday - it made for a nice change of view.
I haven’t been able to run with her since sometime in October. I’ve been biking 3-4 days per week and
hammering out some hard one-minute intervals once per week (may not sound that
bad, but it BURNS!). We keep the garage
around 40 degrees, so it’s great to have a cool place to be able to bike
indoors during the winter. This was the
body can focus on the workload and not wasting energy trying to cool itself
(and while it’s pretty effective at this, pregnant women have also been warned
to be mindful of core temperature and overheating, so that takes care of ay concern
of that). I have a fan out there if I
need it too.
I’ve increased my swimming the last few weeks
since I’ve had the opportunity – swimming at least 14,000 yards per week (5
swims/week). I’m still cranking out
those 50-yard sprints on one-minute weekly and I just completed 36 of them this
past week, putting me ahead of schedule.
I should hit 50 by the end of January now! And I’m still squeezing into that one-piece … I’ve been trying to lift twice a week
too. I’ve also been taking a day
completely off once a week the last couple weeks, which has been good both
physically and mentally. I’ve also been planning
out the 2015 race season, and it’ll be a fun year with some fierce
competition. It sure keeps the
motivation alive for training in the meantime!
Merry Christmas from TRImester Training (celebrate, enjoy,
and keep moving!) and the growing Wyss family!
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